Ziauddin Butt

Ziauddin Butt was the director of Pakistani ISI from 1998 to 1999, succeeding Naseem Rana and preceding Mahmud Ahmed.

Biography
Butt joined the Pakistani Army in 1964 and fought in the last three Indo-Pakistani Wars. He fought in the Soviet-Afghan War alongside ISI, the special forces of Pakistan, supporting the Afghan Mujahideen. Butt later commander Pakistani troops in the Afghan Civil War, aiding the Taliban against the Northern Alliance and Hezb-i-Islami. However, in 1999 he was arrested after Pervez Musharraf's coup, ending his career.